[Volunteering as a resource for strengthening the mental health of the elderly].

The aging of the population poses to society the problem of finding mechanisms and tools for preserving health, prolonging the active life position of elderly citizens. The article reveals the potential of volunteerism in the system of strengthening the mental health of the elderly. The data obtained in the course of the study indicate that elderly citizens who participate in volunteer activities for a long time and regularly have high and average indicators of resilience, the presence of goals and the meaning of life, evaluate their lives as emotionally saturated, productive, the ability of elderly people to maintain psychological stability in stressful situations and orientation to overcome life difficulties.

[Matrimonial behavior of student youth in the context of social health studying (gender aspect)].

The article presents the results of a research work aimed at identifying the features of the matrimonial behavior of students in the aspect of social health studying. Of particular importance is the study of students' value attitudes towards marriage and family in a gender context. The authors conducted an empirical study on the basis of the National Research University «BelSU¼ (n = 267; proportional selection based on gender, age, course, level and form of education). The analysis of the main marital attitudes of this group (attitude towards marriage, readiness for marriage, criteria for choosing a marriage partner, motives for marriage, reproductive behavior, reproductive health) was carried out on the basis of primary data obtained during a survey of students of the Belgorod State National Research University. It was revealed that most of the students of NRU «BelSU¼ have a traditional idea of marriage, have a desire to marry and start a family, students prefer official marriage, which implies traditional family values, which characterizes positive trends in the formation of social health. When choosing a marriage partner, most young people are guided by the personal characteristics of a person and their value orientations. It was revealed that the formation of the students' social health, among other aspects, is due to the orientation towards the established values in relation to the value of marriage and the socio-cultural norms of matrimonial behavior.

[The analysis of problems of supporting long-term nursing of individuals who lost their ability to self-care in Russia].

The article presents results of research study intended for identifying degree of cognitive impairment in elderly citizen residing in conditions of institution of stationary social support. The study was conducted in a multidisciplinary rehabilitation institution of social services. The obtained results confirmed necessity to organize primary preventive work and permitted to test program of correctional classes with elderly people having cognitive impairments. The comparative analysis of results of primary and control diagnostics testifies that efficiency of corrective impact depends on degree of cognitive impairment and beginning time of correctional work. The early correction of cognitive abnormality of light and moderate degree is the most successful. It actualizes issues of timely diagnosis of cognitive abnormalities in elderly people and necessity to develop activities of primary prevention of dementia.

[The young families during lock-down: coping strategies].

The article considers the impact of lock-down and quarantine on family relationships and adaptation strategies of young families. The results demonstrate that young families demonstrate both stability during lock-down period and capacity to resist the pandemic crisis. However, isolation period revealed psychological and social problems of family relationships. The pandemic period became the most stressogenic factor for young families with children where parents combine their family responsibilities with "remote" labor activity. The current level of emotional exhaustion of young mothers depends on two components: material well-being of family and age of children. The families with two and more children and families fostering children aged less than 5 years survive most hardly period of self-isolation. The gender inequalities that are traditional for Russian families intensified in conditions of quarantine. The most common coping strategies with these conditions for young males are "escape into Internet", loneliness, alcohol consumption and sport activities. At the same time females prefer caring of their children, housework and involvement in creative activities.

[The prevention of tobacco smoking and development of skills of healthy life-style in students of professional educational institutions].

The purpose of the study is to analyze issues of prevention of smoking among college students and to reveal influence of social environment including influence of healthy lifestyle to development addiction. The study was based on value social model of health. The study covered student survey (n = 495, proportional selection by gender, age, year of study) and standardized interview with youth professionals (n = 21) to analyze in the youth the main motives for smoking, attitudes to healthy lifestyle and preventive social work methods that are implemented in colleges. The comparative analysis of data was carried out in subgroups of smoking and non-smoking students and experts. The results of study demonstrated the unformed negative attitudes to smoking. Among 25% of smoking students and 39% of non-smoking students smoking itself is considered as mean of communication and integration in youth community. Among 45.6% of respondents the exposure to and conformal behavior as reasons for starting smoking were declared. The analysis of results of the study concerning assessing attitude to smoking from the perspective of fashion and social recognition occurred to be unexpected: the number of non-smoking students who assume smoking is fashionable is 17 times higher than the number of smokers who share these beliefs. The comparison of the data permitted to establish possible causes of such a distribution of answers: in everyday life, smokers are faced with various legislative restrictions and social censure, while their non-smoking peers focus on social communicative and recreational effects of this habit. There are particular contradictions in the interpretation by students and youth professionals of causes of smoking. This testifies certain unawareness of professionals about age-related psychological characteristics and emotional conditions of students.